Profiles in courage /

Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.

Profiles in courage / John F. Kennedy ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. - New York : HarperPerennial, 2000. - xiv, 249 p. ; 21 cm. - Perennial classics . - Perennial classics. .

Originally published: Harper & Brothers, 1956.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.

Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy -- Courage and politics -- Time and the place: John Quincy Adams -- Time and the place: Daniel Webster -- Thomas Hart Benton -- Sam Houston -- Time and the place: Edmund G. Ross -- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar -- Time and the place: George Norris -- Robert A. Taft -- Other men of political courage -- Meaning of courage -- About John F. Kennedy.

Profiles eight United States Senators who faced opposition and succeeded without losing their integrity.

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United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.


Legislators--United States--Biography.
Courage--United States.


United States--Politics and government.

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